The winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) January 2011 governorship primary election in Kogi State, Jibrin Isah Echocho, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that the December 3, 2011 governorship election which brought in Captain Idris Wada as the governor of the state was unconstitutional and hence should be set aside.
This is coming just as an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Alex Izinyon (SAN), asked the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to order Captain Wada to vacate office on the premise that, by virtue of the dismissal of the application by PDP seeking the apex court to give a consequential order, such issue cannot be relitigated upon.
Echocho had through his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Wada and the AGF as first, second and third defendants in a suit that will be heard this morning.
He is praying an order of the court to set aside the purported governorship election conducted by INEC on December 3, 2011 and the press statement made on January 30 particularly the portion that directed Wada to be sworn-in.
Izinyon had in his letter to the AGF stated that, “our stand is that by virtue of the said ruling, it means the prayers to recognise Alhaji Idris Wada as governor of Kogi State who was claimed to be governor-in-waiting when the appeal was pending at the Supreme Court and was not affected by the consequential order of 27/1/12 was not granted as same was dismissed. It stands to reason that Alhaji Idris Wada cannot continue to function over the affairs of Kogi State as governor.
This is coming just as an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Alex Izinyon (SAN), asked the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to order Captain Wada to vacate office on the premise that, by virtue of the dismissal of the application by PDP seeking the apex court to give a consequential order, such issue cannot be relitigated upon.
Echocho had through his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Wada and the AGF as first, second and third defendants in a suit that will be heard this morning.
He is praying an order of the court to set aside the purported governorship election conducted by INEC on December 3, 2011 and the press statement made on January 30 particularly the portion that directed Wada to be sworn-in.
Izinyon had in his letter to the AGF stated that, “our stand is that by virtue of the said ruling, it means the prayers to recognise Alhaji Idris Wada as governor of Kogi State who was claimed to be governor-in-waiting when the appeal was pending at the Supreme Court and was not affected by the consequential order of 27/1/12 was not granted as same was dismissed. It stands to reason that Alhaji Idris Wada cannot continue to function over the affairs of Kogi State as governor.
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